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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
31-10-22, 06:32 PM
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RAF Crest ID?
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How about an RCAF 439 Sqn Bell Griffon pilot...
How about an RCAF 439 Sqn Bell Griffon pilot (normally-supporting 425 Sqn at CFB Bagotville QC) on an exchange posting to the US Army/ USAF?
You never know- one day we might actually find-out
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
30-10-22, 09:40 PM
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RAF Crest ID?
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I'm visually-interpreting that badge as being 425...
I'm visually-interpreting that badge as being 425 Sqn RCAF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron) (which doesn't make sense in terms of airframe types: Blackhawk versus CF-18...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
02-06-20, 05:24 PM
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Curious 'AD'/ non-Spifire badge worn by ROC Observer
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I have noticed this on a number occasions for...
I have noticed this on a number occasions for many years!!
Well, there is the collectiveone....for the National Association of Spotters Clubs...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
02-06-20, 12:54 PM
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Curious 'AD'/ non-Spifire badge worn by ROC Observer
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A response from me that relates to the above...
A response from me that relates to the above points: in the months following the publication of the above photograph with the mystery badge, the formation known as the "Royal Observer Corps Club" was...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
01-06-20, 09:19 AM
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Curious 'AD'/ non-Spifire badge worn by ROC Observer
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Curious 'AD'/ non-Spifire badge worn by ROC Observer
https://scontent-frx5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/79517947_10222565881832818_5032223948759105536_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=ca434c&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=9kXV3HjVEQQAX_2NPPs&_nc_ht=sconten...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
04-02-18, 06:57 PM
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Smithsonian Insignia Collection
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Also: randomly-inverted crowns, upside-down AVM...
Also: randomly-inverted crowns, upside-down AVM (and upwards) ranks.
I disagree with their categorisation of the gold-wire "A"s, as being 'auxiliary' naval insignia (RN/FAA). I think these look...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
31-01-18, 08:56 AM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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Note the similarities between the Special Duties...
Note the similarities between the Special Duties arm-band, & the ATC Civilian Instructor armband...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
25-01-18, 11:59 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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During WW2, there were clearly a number of...
During WW2, there were clearly a number of people/formations that wore uniforms yet were not classified as combatants from a Geneva Convention perspective.
I freely admit to having much-greater...
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25-01-18, 09:56 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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I'm entirely-familiar with the approach, for...
I'm entirely-familiar with the approach, for various specialist professions (as a former reservist with residual commissioned status myself).
We both then fully-understand that the reason people...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
25-01-18, 02:28 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment...
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=183889&stc=1&d=1516890474
(the above example has been picked by me to evidence that individuals were being directly-commissioned...
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25-01-18, 02:27 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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I've come up with a radical-but-possible...
I've come up with a radical-but-possible explanation for the Special Duties cap-badges (and possibly also for the arm badges).
This could be for at least some of the circumstances (but may have...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
23-01-18, 12:21 AM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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Then I'm further confused, because I thought...
Then I'm further confused, because I thought there was a consensus that Officer-grade Special Duties personnel only wore Home Service Dress tunics, in finer barathea cotton, which was a visual (and...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 11:25 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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I'm slightly confused- if individuals had officer...
I'm slightly confused- if individuals had officer status, surely they were being issued with RAF No1 HSD, which usually didn't have any shoulder-straps fitted?
Interestingly, certain pictures of...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 11:09 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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San Bernadino County Sun 6 Oct 1941 CTC...
San Bernadino County Sun 6 Oct 1941
CTC insights
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=183794&stc=1&d=1516662039...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 10:30 PM
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Detailed Description RAF Offrs Full-Dress Cap 1921
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Detailed Description RAF Offrs Full-Dress Cap 1921
'Flight' 14 Jul 1921
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=183793&stc=1&d=1516659759
This unpopular item of uniform continues to exist only in modified form, as a...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 10:10 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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An interesting and exceedingly-rare picture of...
An interesting and exceedingly-rare picture of C.T.C members in uniform, source is Flight, 9 Oct 1941.
Interesting that some of the men are wearing Service Dress peaks, instead of just forage...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 09:53 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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Harlequin
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment...
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=183786&stc=1&d=1516657644
Extract from 'Flight' 2 Oct 1941.
Appointment of a Mr Donald Gill as Commandant C.T.C. If he were...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 08:31 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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It is indeed an interesting topic- having served...
It is indeed an interesting topic- having served in the 1970s alongside Observers who saw action during the D Day landings (still wearing, even in my time, the 'Seaborne' badges on their uniforms)...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 07:21 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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On a related note: Officers in the USAF have...
On a related note: Officers in the USAF have always worn a dark-blue/black rank proxy at the cuff-sleeve of their best blues. This is still a current standard uniform item, and appears to compliment...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 07:12 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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I completely understand what you're saying:...
I completely understand what you're saying: however, I am also absolutely-certain that AP3215 and AP3306 stated that in principle the rank of Observer Commodore could be awarded to a sometime-future...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 06:45 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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This was always the stated case, but...
This was always the stated case, but strictly-speaking it's an over-simplification. Wartime commandants for the Corps were photographed wearing the collar brass 'A's of the Auxiliary Air Force.
I...
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22-01-18, 06:28 PM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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I don't mean that any ROC Officers held the rank...
I don't mean that any ROC Officers held the rank of Air Commodore: what I mean is that during WW2, they wore on No1 Service Dress just a single wide black rank-braid that was referred to, in jest by...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 10:48 AM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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The amateur graphics attempt made by me to...
The amateur graphics attempt made by me to recreate the look of the Special Duties armlet was based upon a flawed recollection of one that I saw a long time ago, either at East Fortune (NMS Museum of...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
22-01-18, 06:10 AM
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RAF Special Duties Cap Badge
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Harlequin
'Flight' 11 Jul 1940 "A special duties...
'Flight' 11 Jul 1940
"A special duties uniform for certain civilian officials has been approved. It follows the standard R.A.F service dress in material appropriate to the status of the...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
17-01-18, 07:35 AM
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Very early RAF OR's badge: bazaar copy/trench art/genuine?
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Harlequin
183585 I've applied some further thought to...
183585
I've applied some further thought to this badge, and have come up with some radical observations. But they are logical, and substantially-inarguable.
I think this badge design pre-dates...
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